Beadle's Dime Novels No. 310: Foghorn Phil — page 17: what you’re looking at

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THE TWO EXCURSIONISTS. 19 ~~ sessing points of the external man. But, for all this, Rhymm was weliliked by his men, and those thrown into his com- pany ; for.on the border, a man’s real worth and honesty are not to be measured by his rough hands, bearded face and rude, uncomely dress, Physical strength and courage, no difference how reckless the latter, and a dogmatical and indomitable will, are the main traits necessary to a good hunter, and no difference what his general character may have been in the past, if he possessed these requisites, he was admitted to the brotherhood and treated as one of its members, so long as he violated no law that was consistent with the borderman’s code of honor. In none of these features had Rhymm been found wanting ; on the contrary he had, so far, proved him- self fully worthy of the confidence reposed in him. in The traders were mostly young men, full of life and the spirit of adventure, They were all dressed in buek-skin suits, and armed with rifles and revolvers of the most efficient kind. Of the two young excursionists, in the traders’ company, both claim our especial notice. The eldest was a man of about five-and twenty years of age, He was one of those persons whose clear, open coun- tenance told of a kind, noble and generous heart, as well as a brave, fearless and jovial spirit. He was a person intended to win admiration and esteem wherever he went, for he was possessed of none of the selfish egotism of many of his rank, but of a correct comprehension of mankind and the world in general, learned in the school of adversity. In the war of the Great. Civil Conflict, Robert Aylesworth went out as a private soldier, and as an evidence of bis real worth, he soon rose from the ranks to the office of lieutenant-colonel, and was, in every respect, found worthy of the position and trust. It was rumored that the young colonel had been sent West_in the secret service of the Government, and as he never denied, or confirmed the report, all considered the story true, and so no one assumed the impertinence to question him. But no difference what had been Colonel Aylesworth’s object in com- ing West, it was not likely he would ever leave with as light a heart as that with which he had come, for the colonel was in love. In Miss Pauline Afton, the beautiful and accom- \ Comicloooks.CGonn |